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Draft lotteries suck for die-hard fans

62% Informative
It's draft lottery season, where so much of your favorite team's history and success may rest in the hands of a pingpong ball.
The point of the lottery is to reduce tanking so that every team is trying hard to make the playoffs every year .
But if the worst teams don't get a high draft pick, it just prolongs their suffering in the league basement.
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